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== Project Management in Multicultural Environment - Session 1 == | == Project Management in Multicultural Environment - Session 1 == | ||
* A '''[[w:project|project]]''' is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or [[w:deliverables|deliverables]]), undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. ( Wikipedia on project management ) | * A '''[[w:project|project]]''' is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or [[w:deliverables|deliverables]]), undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. ( Wikipedia on '''[[w:project management|project management]]''' ) | ||
* In contemporary [[w:business|business]] and [[w:science|science]] a '''[[w:project|project]]''' is defined as a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully [[w:plan|plan]]ned to achieve a particular aim ( Wikipedia on projects ) | ::* In contemporary [[w:business|business]] and [[w:science|science]] a '''[[w:project|project]]''' is defined as a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully [[w:plan|plan]]ned to achieve a particular aim ( Wikipedia on projects ) | ||
* '''[[w:Project Management|Project Management]]''' is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in [[w:scientific|scientific]] or daily problems. ( Wikipedia ) | * '''[[w:Project Management|Project Management]]''' is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in [[w:scientific|scientific]] or daily problems. ( Wikipedia ) | ||
* Usual project progression: Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing | * Usual project progression: Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing ( Teacher's PPs ) | ||
* Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project | * Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs ) | ||
== | == Project management softwares == | ||
'''[[w:Microsoft Project|Microsoft Project]]''' is a [[w:project management software|project management software]] program, developed and sold by [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]], which is designed to assist a [[w:project manager|project manager]] in developing a [[w:plan|plan]], assigning [[w:Resource (project management)|resources]] to tasks, tracking progress, managing the [[w:budget|budget]], and analyzing workloads. ( Wikipedia ) | |||
There are lot of competitors in the area of [[w:project management software|project management software]]. '''See [[w:Comparison of project management software|Wikipedia list of project management software]]'''. | |||
Revision as of 14:42, 23 January 2015
Project Management in Multicultural Environment
Teacher: Pekka Käyhkö
Code: TOO8LF001
Tools covered: w:Microsoft Project and using w:Microsoft Excel for project management purposes
Project Management in Multicultural Environment - Session 1
- A project is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or deliverables), undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. ( Wikipedia on project management )
- Project Management is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in scientific or daily problems. ( Wikipedia )
- Usual project progression: Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing ( Teacher's PPs )
- Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs )
Project management softwares
Microsoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads. ( Wikipedia )
There are lot of competitors in the area of project management software. See Wikipedia list of project management software.